Category: Grade 8

Updated and enriched, the Christian Life Education Series (CLES) Third Edition continues to lead students to live out their Catholic Faith through its learner-centered approach.

Textbook, Teachers Wraparound Edition, Blended Learning Resources

Designed for learners from Kindergarten to Grade 10 and based on DepEd’s K-12 Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao Curriculum Guide including additional topics that will further enhance their values formation, Character Formation for Nation Building (CFNB) is Sibs Publishing House Inc.’s newest worktext series on Values Education or Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao. This series seeks to mold young people in the essential human values and help build their character toward becoming active contributors of nation building.

Worktext, Teachers Wraparound Edition, Blended Learning Resources

• Every lesson includes key words, short introduction, and some trivia about a certain topic that will enrich students’ vocabulary, ideas, etc.
• It provides formative assessments and Performance Tasks that can be done individually, by pair, or by group that will mold students’ knowledge and skills. It encourages them to explore more about the field of music, art, physical education, and health across various cultures locally and internationally.
• Both the textbook and the teachers wraparound edition give additional learning materials: worksheets, videos, websites encrypted in the QR codes.
• The TWE also contains Curriculum Map set in QR code.
• It secures quality learning by providing photos in colored inserts and well-presented musical score sheets.
• The teachers resource CD (TRCD) reduces the teachers’ workload since it provides audio and printable worksheets across all levels.

• Goes beyond being learner-centered as it encourages student’s personal involvement in the learning process through its emphasis on the relevance and application of the theological lessons to the Filipino’s life of faith
• Presents the Good News in its threefold dimension of doctrine, morals, and worship
• Draws its doctrinal bases from the latest official national and universal sources on catechesis and religious education: Revised National Catechetical Directory for the Philippines, Catechism for Filipino Catholics, Catechism of the Catholic Church, and General Directory for Catechesis
• Ensures soundness of Catholic teachings as it bears a nihil obstat and an imprimatur from the Episcopal Commission on Catechesis and Catholic Education
• Includes new layout, pictures, and illustrations
• With new student activities and paraliturgies after each unit

• Worktext presents an experiential study of Christian Living through these lesson components:
• Context establishes relationship and relevance of lessons to the students’ experiences.
• Exposition clarifies the essentials of faith using Scriptures, Church teachings, and human experiences.
• Integration explains the doctrine, moral, and worship dimensions of the faith message.
• The worktext also offers review questions and journal activities that aim to evaluate the students’ understanding and appreciation of the Christian message in a lesson.
  • Learning Guide with Curriculum Map features objectives, background information, doctrinal sources, materials, suggested procedure for each chapter, enrichment activities, subject area integration tips, and unit tests with answer keys.
  • Teachers Wraparound Edition (TWE) contains a detailed curriculum map, ICT-laden activities, and Quick Response (QR) codes for additional resources. The learning is also wrapped around the pages of the book.

• Since the nature of the subject is teaching values with the goal of making the learners eventually internalize and practice the values, this series follows the process of going through the five macro skills: pag-unawa (understanding), pagninilay (reflecting), pagsangguni (consulting), pagpapasya (decision making), and pagkilos (performing/acting).
• The lessons in the series effectively use these five macro skills to enable the learners to eventually develop desirable attitudes and habits, for them to grow in their capacity and personal commitment to do their best, to do what is the good, and to lead a more meaningful and integrated human experience.
• As our young Filipino learners go through the lessons in the series, they will hopefully learn:
• pagpapakatao at pagiging kasapi ng pamilya (becoming human and family responsibility);
• pakikipagkapwa (treating others as fellow human beings);
• pagmamahal sa bansa at pakikibahagi sa pandaigdigang pagkakaisa (love of country and global solidarity); and
• pagkamaka-Diyos at preperensya sa kabutihan (love for God and preference for the good).
• The series envisions young persons who are committed to self-fulfillment, family-centered, disciplined and self-reliant, socially mature and emotionally stable, nationalistic and responsible citizens, and God-loving and deeply rooted in their faith in God.
• Character Formation for Nation Building series supports the national education goal—to provide a well-rounded education that will assist each individual in his or her society and help the individual attain his or her potential as a human being, and to enhance the range and quality of the individuals within the group.

This series looks at the real-life applications of mathematics. It presents mathematics as a pervasive aspect of our life—from its more useful applications to its most trival contributions to knowledge.

• Clearly identified pre-requisites and objectives
• Easy-to-follow discussions
• Worked examples are designed to promote independent or self-directed learning
• “Math Touch” component showing how technology and mathematics are interconnected
• Ample items in exercise sets target varied thinking skills
• Essential concepts shown through the Chapter Summary.

Living history: from the Philippine archipelago, to the continents, to the global community!

• K to 12 Curriculum Compliant
• Authored by a team of competent and veteran practicing educators from reputable schools
• Revolves around the theme: Global Times and Living History, interwoven in the four broad fields of study— Philippine History, Asian History, World History, and Economics
• Employs modern perspectives in the study of history—the Filipino, Asian, and global perspectives—that do away with traditional points-of-view
• Integrates fun, interactive, and meaningful cooperative learning experiences
• Develops the multiple intelligences of the individual and the group through various learning activities and discussions
• Presents concrete opportunities to develop the students’ higher levels of thinking
• Develops in the learner the primacy of assuming personal and group responsibilities
• Develops the students’ sense of history and pride in being Filipinos and enables them to understand, interact, and communicate with their Asian neighbors and with the rest of the world
• Challenges students to be reflective in their discernment of what kind of a world they would want to create for themselves and for the generations to come.

• Textbook—Exceeding the minimum competencies as prescribed by the K to 12 Curriculum, GTLH offers a new and engaging perspective on the study of history. The book takes the students on a guided tour of the history of the Philippines, Asia, and the world and the inner workings of economics. Activities are varied, challenging, and fun!
• Teachers Wraparound Edition or Learning Guide—provides the teachers with complete instructional strategies for each lesson. The TWE or LG also contains additional information for the teacher and answer keys to the activities in the textbook.

Ang seryeng PINTIG ng Lahing Pilipino ay lumilinang ng mga kasanayang nakasalig sa batayang konseptuwal sa pagtuturo ng Filipino na itinakda ng K to 12 Kurikulum ng DepEd. Pinapatnubayan nito ang mga mag-aaral sa pagpapahusayng mga makrong kasanayan— pakikinig, pagsasalita, pagbasa, pagsulat, at panonood.

Isinaalang-alang din sa seryeng ito ang mga konsepto hinggil sa pangangailangang panlipunan, lokal at global na pamayanan, at ang kalikasan ng mga mag-aaral.

Makatutulong ang serye sa paglinang ng mga kaisipan at pilosopiyang Pilipino sa pamamagitan ng paglalakip ng mga piling akda at tekstong hahamon sa kakayahan ng mga mag-aaral sa kritikal na pag-iisipat replektibong panunuri.

Tinatalakay ang mga aralin gamit ang makabagong teknolohiya upang mapalawak ang kaalaman ng mga mag-aaral sa kapaki-pakinabang na gawain tungo sa mga angkop na propesyon. Nakapaloob din sa serye ang paggamit ng mga teorya sa kalikasan at pagtuturo ng wika, mga teorya at simulain sa pagsusuring panliterasi, at mga pagdulog sa pagtuturo ng mga akdang pampanitikan. Sa tulong din nito, naisasabuhay ang mga pagpapahalagang Pilipino na nakasalig sa mga paksang tungkol sa pangangalaga sa kalikasan, pagkakapantay-pantay anuman ang kasarian, paggalang sa karapatang pantao, at pagpapanatili ng kapayapaan at katarungan sa bayan.

May dalawang aklat na nakalaan sa bawat baitang/antas. Ang mga ito ay ang Batayang Aklat at ang Learning Guide.

• Batayang Aklat—Ang bawat aralin ay naaayon sa antas ng pagkatuto na itinatadhana ng Department of Education. Ito ay binubuo ng sumusunod na mga bahagi: Simulan Natin; Basahin Natin na nahahati sa mga gawaing Payamanin Natin, Talakayin Natin, Tukuyin Natin, at Isabuhay Natin; Linangin Natin na binubuo ng mga pagsasanay pangwika; at Likhain Natin.
• Learning Guide—Naglalaman ito ng iba’t ibang estratehiya at pamamaraan sa pagtuturo. Nagtataglay rin ito ng mga sagot sa pagsasanay at pagpapahalagang nililinang sa bawat aralin. May kalakip din itong curriculum map upang maihatid nang maayos at malinaw ang mga aralin sa mga mag-aaral.

English proficiency is considered a ticket to the global market and to a better and developed economy. Grammar Essentials is the breakthrough skill book that provides a comprehensive coverage of grammar skills. It aims to prepare pupils for effective communication both locally and globally. Grammar Essentials caters to the advanced, average, and struggling learners.

• Each lesson has four sets of exercises and lends itself to differentiated instruction as far as the ability levels of pupils are concerned.
• Each exercise revolves around at a particular theme; hence, it is interdisciplinary in approach. There is also values integration in all lessons.
• An Activity Log Chart is found at the end of every lesson.
• The skill book is multifunctional. It can be a form of diagnostic test and formative assessment. The exercises can be used as reinforcement tools for remediation, reviewers for all types of tests, and tools for group works.

• It promotes 21st century themes, such as global awareness, financial, economic, business and entrepreneurial, civic, health, and environmental literacy.
• It provides multilevel exercises.
• It establishes a home-to-school connection.
• It serves as a multifunctional supplementary material.
• It complies with the K to 12 Curriculum Guide for English.

The book has the following salient features:

• It is aligned with the K to 12 Curriculum Guide. The grammar content provides the needed knowledge and competencies that second language learners should acquire for the application of the receptive and productive skills needed for effective communication.
• It provides a Grammar Plug In that explains the grammar points to help students understand the key concepts in the grammar lesson. It promotes 21st century themes such as global awareness of financial, economic business, entrepreneurial, civic, health, social media, and environmental issues. By relating the content to real-life situations, students will be more informed, engaged, and motivated to learn.
• It provides multilevel exercises that accommodate differences in the students’ learning pace. At the end of the fourth exercise, students will have a thorough knowledge of their performance through a report card that indicates the total score they got from the four sets of exercises with a corresponding interpretation.
• It serves as a multifunctional grammar material. The multifunctional exercises can be used for various purposes: diagnostic tests, formative assessments, reinforcement exercises, reviewers for major examinations such as quizzes, chapter tests, periodical tests, the National Achievement Test, and for group work exercises using cooperative learning strategies.